03273nam 2200673 450 991014330360332120170816122018.01-119-43136-01-282-34843-497866123484330-470-69164-61-280-93277-597866109327711-4051-6201-50-470-69248-01-4051-8202-4(CKB)1000000000341771(EBL)306570(OCoLC)476085511(SSID)ssj0000260293(PQKBManifestationID)11217286(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000260293(PQKBWorkID)10191557(PQKB)10043294(MiAaPQ)EBC306570(MiAaPQ)EBC4956609(EXLCZ)99100000000034177120180912d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTorture and the ticking bomb /Bob BrecherMalden, MA :Blackwell Publishing,2007.1 online resource (134 p.)Blackwell public philosophyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4051-6202-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-116) and index.Torture and the Ticking Bomb; Contents; Preface; 1: Introduction; What is Torture?; Dershowitz on Interrogational Torture; Why Write about Torture?; The Agenda; 2: The Fantasy of the Ticking Bomb Scenario; Dershowitz's Argument and the Ticking Bomb; Who Tortures?; Effectiveness and Time; Knowledge and Necessity; The Ticking Bomb Scenario: Conclusion; 3: The Consequences of Normalizing Interrogational Torture; Some Clarifi cations; Three Positive Claims about the Consequences of Legalizing Interrogational Torture; The Institutionalization of Interrogational Torture; A Torturous Society4: Torture, Death and PhilosophyTorture; Torture, Death and Interrogation; Why No Decent Society Can Torture; Torture, the ""War on Terror"" and Intellectual Irresponsibility; But What if Torture Really is the Only Possible Way to Avoid Catastrophe?; Two Final Points; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis timely and passionate book is the first to address itself to Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz's controversial arguments for the limited use of interrogational torture and its legalisation.Argues that the respectability Dershowitz's arguments confer on the view that torture is a legitimate weapon in the war on terror needs urgently to be counteredTakes on the advocates of torture on their own utilitarian groundsTimely and passionately written, in an accessible, jargon-free styleForms part of the provocative and timely Blackwell Public Philosophy seriesBlackwell public philosophy.TortureHuman rightsElectronic books.Torture.Human rights.363.2363.232Brecher Robert935697MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910143303603321Torture and the ticking bomb2107732UNINA03203oam 22007215 450 991077789910332120200520144314.01-280-64354-497866106435470-8213-6544-410.1596/978-0-8213-6543-4(CKB)1000000000467658(EBL)459417(OCoLC)77003884(SSID)ssj0000086537(PQKBManifestationID)11126523(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086537(PQKBWorkID)10029666(PQKB)11604441(MiAaPQ)EBC459417(Au-PeEL)EBL459417(CaPaEBR)ebr10146802(CaONFJC)MIL64354(OCoLC)935270825(The World Bank)71173797(The World Bank)ocm71173797(US-djbf)14514240(EXLCZ)99100000000046765820060823d2007 uf 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEmerging capital markets and globalization : the Latin American experience /Augusto de la Torre and Sergio L. SchmuklerPalo Alto, Calif. :Stanford University Press ;Washington, DC :World Bank,[2007]copyright 2007.xviii, 209 pages illustrations ;23 cmLatin American development forum"A copublication of Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, and the World Bank."0-8213-6543-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; 1 Whither Capital Market Development?; 2 Developments in Capital Markets; Figures; 3 Factors behind the Development and Internationalization of Capital Markets; Tables; 4 Whither the Reform Agenda?; Endnotes; References; IndexBack in the early 1990's, economists and policy makers had high expectations about the prospects for domestic capital market development in emerging economies, particularly in Latin America. Unfortunately, they are now faced with disheartening results. Stock and bond markets remain illiquid and segmented. Debt is concentrated at the short end of the maturity spectrum and denominated in foreign currency, exposing countries to maturity and currency risk. Capital markets in Latin America look particularly underdeveloped when considering the many efforts undertaken to improve the macroeconomic enviWorld Bank e-Library.Capital marketLatin AmericaGlobalizationEconomic aspectsCapital marketGlobalizationEconomic aspects.332/.0415098Torre Augusto de la126302Schmukler Sergio L1487622World Bank.DLCDLCBAKERC#PYDXCPDLCBOOK9910777899103321Emerging capital markets and globalization3812581UNINA